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From: avolio@decuac.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Real Networks (was Neighbor optimized away)
Message-ID: <924@decuac.DEC.COM>
Date: Fri, 16-May-86 09:48:30 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 16 09:48:30 1986
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In article <961@umd5.UUCP>, zben@umd5.UUCP (Ben Cranston) writes:
> In the finest tradition of "layered systems" UUCP is built ON TOP OF
> a "REAL SYSTEM".  I am speaking of the international telephone system.

Look.  I am sorry I used the term Real Network, okay?  I didn't mean
to besmirch UUCP, Ma Bell (wherever she is...), or anyone or
anything.  I love UUCP.  It is wonderful to get a call from someone
who wants a net connection (see I even call it a net!) and to have it
up and running in 10 minutes.  No kidding, I think it is tops. (As
opposed to TOP, which is something different.)

The distinction was drawn wrt how routing is done or figured out.
Yes, the phone call from here to there is routed automatically with no
noticable loss of signal and it is done completely transparently to
the user.  But, I was referring to the routing that is done on top of
the phone lines.  One has to know the route from one machine to
another or at least to a "smarter" UUCP host.  Then, in path
a!b!c!d!user if host c is down, there is nothing automatic to retoute
the mail message via another route.  That is the short coming that was
trying to bring out ( ... at least I think it was ... it's been a few
weeks).

-- 
Fred @ DEC Ultrix Applications Center
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